Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

翻译人员: JIN Huiying 校对人员: Xiaoma Cheng

Hi. My name is Cameron Russell,

嗨，我是Cameron Russell,

and for the last little while, I've been a model.

过去的一段时间里

我是个模特

Actually, for 10 years.

其实，（我干了）10年。

And I feel like

现在，我在这个房间内感到一种

there's an uncomfortable tension in the room right now

令人不适的紧张感

because I should not have worn this dress.

因为我不该穿这条裙子（笑声）

(Laughter)

幸亏我带了另外一套

So luckily, I brought an outfit change.

This is the first outfit change on the TED stage,

这是TED讲台上第一次现场换装

so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it, I think.

所以我觉得今天在场的人都很幸运啊，

If some of the women were really horrified when I came out,

如果有些女士对的我出现感到惊恐

you don't have to tell me now, but I'll find out later on Twitter.

不必现在告诉我。但我马上就会在twitter上知道的

（笑声）

(Laughter)

I'd also note that I'm quite privileged

我也想告诉各位我有幸

to be able to transform what you think of me

能够在10秒内

in a very brief 10 seconds.

改变我在你们心中的形象

Not everybody gets to do that.

这不是所有人都能做得到的

These heels are very uncomfortable, so good thing I wasn't going to wear them.

这双高跟鞋很不舒服

而好消息是我不打算穿他们

The worst part is putting this sweater over my head,

最坏的消息是我要把这件毛衣从头上套进去

因为这时候你们会笑我

because that's when you'll all laugh at me,

所以当我穿衣服的时候,（你们）什么都不要做

so don't do anything while it's over my head.

可以了

All right.

那么，我为什么做这个呢（现场换装）？

So, why did I do that?

That was awkward.

这很怪

(Laughter)

呃

Well --

(Laughter)

Hopefully not as awkward as that picture.

希望不会像图片上这样怪

Image is powerful,

图象是强大的

but also, image is superficial.

但同时又是表面化的

I just totally transformed what you thought of me, in six seconds.

我只是在6秒内就彻底改变了自己在你们心中的形象

And in this picture,

在这张照片里

I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life.

我事实上在现实生活中根本没有男朋友

I was totally uncomfortable,

当摄影师

and the photographer was telling me to arch my back

要我弓起背，摸那个男士的头发时

and put my hand in that guy's hair.

我非常不自在

And of course, barring surgery,

确定的是，除了手术

or the fake tan that I got two days ago for work,

或像两天前我为了工作做的棕褐色(皮肤)

there's very little that we can do to transform how we look,

我们基本上是没法改变外表的

and how we look, though it is superficial and immutable,

我们的外表，虽然是表面化的，固定的

has a huge impact on our lives.

还是极大地影响着我们的生活

So today, for me, being fearless means being honest.

所以今天，对我来说，变的无惧就意味着要诚实

And I am on this stage because I am a model.

今天我站在这里是因为我是个模特

I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman,

我在这个舞台上是因为我是个漂亮的白种女性

and in my industry, we call that a sexy girl.

在我们业内我们称此为“性感女孩”

I'm going to answer the questions that people always ask me,

我要回答下人们常常问我的那些问题

(而且是)以一种诚实的方式

but with an honest twist.

So the first question is, how do you become a model?

第一个问题是，你是怎么成为模特的？

I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted,"

我总是说：“我是被发现的”，但这其实什么也说明不了

but that means nothing.

The real way that I became a model

我成为模特的真正的原因是

is I won a genetic lottery, and I am the recipient of a legacy,

我拥有极佳的基因，我是遗产的接受者

and maybe you're wondering what is a legacy.

你可能在疑问什么是遗产.

Well, for the past few centuries

呃，在过去的几个世纪里

we have defined beauty not just as health and youth

我们定义里的美不仅仅只包括健康，年轻

and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire,

和身材匀称这些我们出于生物本能去赞美的元素

but also as tall, slender figures,

还包括高挑，苗条的体型，

and femininity and white skin.

富有女性气质，白色皮肤这些特征。

And this is a legacy that was built for me,

这就是我的遗产，

这就是我一直在兑现的遗产，

and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on.

And I know there are people in the audience

我知道你们中有些人

who are skeptical at this point,

可能对这个观点存疑

and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like,

你们可能会举出一些时尚圈人物，例如

"Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen."

Naomi, Tyra, Joan Smalls和Liu Wen (前三位为黑人模特，第四位为中国模特)

And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.

首先，我要表扬下你们对于模特界的了解令人印象深刻

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But unfortunately, I have to inform you that in 2007,

但不幸的是，我得告诉你们，在2007年时

a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student

一名纽约大学的博士在启发之下

counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired,

统计了所有在职模特的人数

and of the 677 models that were hired,

在677名正式受雇模特中

only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.

只有27名，也就是不到百分之四，是非白种人

The next question people always ask is,

下一个人们常问我的问题是

"Can I be a model when I grow up?"

“我长大了能当模特吗？”

And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that."

我的第一个答案是：“我也不知道，因为他们没让我来掌管这件事”

但第二个答案，也是我想对问问题的那些小姑娘说的是“为什么？”

But the second answer,

and what I really want to say to these little girls is,

"Why? You know? You can be anything.

你知道吗？你可以选择任何的职业。

You could be the President of the United States,

你可以成为美国总统

or the inventor of the next Internet,

或是下一代互联网的发明者

或是个忍者般的心胸外科诗人,

or a ninja cardiothoracic surgeon poet,

which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one."

--这个不错，因为你会是第一个

(Laughter)

（笑声）

If, after this amazing list, they still are like,

如果，听完这些她们还是说

"No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model,"

“不，不，Cameron，我想当模特”

我会说：“当我的老板吧”

well, then I say, "Be my boss."

Because I'm not in charge of anything,

因为我不能决定任何事

你可以成为美国Vogue杂志的主编

and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue

或是H&M的首席执行官，或下一个Steven Meisel(著名时尚摄影师)

or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel.

Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up

说你长大后想当模特

is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up.

就像你说你长大后想赢彩票一样

（能不能成为模特）不在你的掌控范围之内。当模特很棒

It's out of your control, and it's awesome,

and it's not a career path.

但它不是一个可规划的行业

I will demonstrate for you now 10 years of accumulated model knowledge,

我将为大家展示我模特从业十年的一些经验

because unlike cardiothoracic surgeons,

因为不像一个忍者般的心胸科诗人

it can just be distilled right now.

它只能立足当下

So, if the photographer is right there,

所以如果摄影师就在这里

the light is right there, like a nice HMI,

灯光就在这里--比如漂亮的水银灯

and the client says, "We want a walking shot,"

客户说：“Cameron,我想要一张走路时的快门照”

这条修长的美腿先迈步，这条手臂放在后面，这条手臂放前面

this leg goes first, nice and long, this arm goes back, this arm goes forward,

露出四分之三侧脸，来来回回，

the head is at three quarters, and you just go back and forth,

就这样，然后回头看你臆想中的朋友

just do that, and then you look back at your imaginary friends,

300，400，500次（笑声）

300, 400, 500 times.

(Laughter)

It will look something like this.

这看上去就像这样（笑声）

(Laughter)

Hopefully less awkward than that one in the middle.

希望不像中间那张那么怪

That was -- I don't know what happened there.

我不知道那张是怎么回事儿

Unfortunately, after you've gone to school,

现实是，当你毕业后

and you have a résumé and you've done a few jobs,

有了简历，做过了几份工作

你就不能再说其它的了

you can't say anything anymore,

所以如果你说你想成为美国总统

so if you say you want to be the President of the United States,

但你的简历上写着：有十年工作经验的内衣模特

but your résumé reads, "Underwear Model: 10 years,"

人们会笑着看你

people give you a funny look.

下一个人们常问的问题是：“他们会修照片吗？”

The next question is, "Do they retouch all the photos?"

And yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photos,

是的，他们会修几乎所有照片

但这只是工作的一小部分

but that is only a small component of what's happening.

这是我第一张模特照片

This picture is the very first picture that I ever took,

也是我第一次穿比基尼

and it's also the very first time that I had worn a bikini,

and I didn't even have my period yet.

我基至还没有过月经

I know we're getting personal, but I was a young girl.

我知道这有点私人，但

那时我还很年轻

This is what I looked like with my grandma just a few months earlier.

这是那张照片几个月前我跟祖母一起拍的照片

这是拍照片当天

Here's me on the same day as this shoot.

My friend got to come.

我朋友跟我在一起

Here's me at a slumber party a few days before I shot French Vogue.

这是我拍法国Vogue杂志前几天前在睡衣party上拍的照片

Here's me on the soccer team and in V Magazine.

这是我在足球队和V杂志的照片

And here's me today.

这是现在的我

And I hope what you're seeing

我希望你们明白的是

is that these pictures are not pictures of me.

这些不是我自己的照片

They are constructions,

而是

and they are constructions by a group of professionals,

由一群专业人士制出的图象,

by hairstylists and makeup artists and photographers and stylists

(他们是)发型师，化装师，摄影师，造型师

and all of their assistants and pre-production and post-production,

以及他们的助理，还有前期制作，后期制作

他们制造出了这些图象，而不是我

and they build this.

That's not me.

Okay, so the next question people always ask me is,

下一个问题是

“你能得到免费的东西吗？”

"Do you get free stuff?"

(Laughter)

I do have too many 8-inch heels which I never get to wear,

我确实有太多

except for earlier,

从没机会穿的8英寸高跟鞋，

but the free stuff that I get is the free stuff that I get in real life,

但是免费的东西

却是我在现实生活中得到的。而这恰恰是我们不愿意谈的

and that's what we don't like to talk about.

我在剑桥市长大

I grew up in Cambridge,

and one time I went into a store and I forgot my money

有一次我走进一家商店却忘了带钱

and they gave me the dress for free.

他们送了我一条裙子

When I was a teenager, I was driving with my friend

十几岁时，我跟朋友一起开车

who was an awful driver and she ran a red and of course,

她是个糟糕的司机，闯了红灯

我们被停车

we got pulled over,

and all it took was a "Sorry, officer," and we were on our way.

我只说了句：“长官抱歉”

我们就继续上路了

And I got these free things because of how I look,

我得到这些是因为我的外表

not who I am, and there are people paying a cost

而不是我是身份。有些人为了他们的外表

for how they look and not who they are.

而不是身份付出了代价。

I live in New York, and last year,

我住在纽约，去年

of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked,

有14万青年被停车搜身

86% of them were black and Latino, and most of them were young men.

他们中百分之86是黑人和拉美人

大多数是年轻的男孩子

And there are only 177,000 young black and Latino men in New York,

而在纽约年轻黑人和拉美男性总数只有17万7千

so for them, it's not a question of, "Will I get stopped?"

所以，对他们来说，问题不是：“我会被停车吗”

but "How many times will I get stopped? When will I get stopped?"

而是“我要被停几次？我什么时候会被停？“

When I was researching this talk,

我在为这次演讲做调查时

发现在美国13岁女孩儿群体中

I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States,

53% don't like their bodies,

百分之53不喜欢她们的身体

and that number goes to 78% by the time that they're 17.

到了17岁，这一比例上升至百分之78。

那么最后一个问题是

So, the last question people ask me is,

"What is it like to be a model?"

”当模特是什么感觉？“

And I think the answer that they're looking for is,

我猜他们期待的答案是

"If you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair,

”如果你再瘦一点儿，你的头发再有光泽一些

you will be so happy and fabulous."

你就会很开心，很难以置信“

And when we're backstage,

当在后台时,我们会给出一个

we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that.

像这样的答案。

我们说”能到处旅行

We say, "It's really amazing to travel, and it's amazing to get to work

和有创造力的，热情的，灵感不断的人一起工作真的很棒”

with creative, inspired, passionate people."

And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story,

这不假，但这只是事实的一半

because the thing that we never say on camera,

因为我们永远不会在镜头前说的是,

that I have never said on camera, is,

我永远不会说的是,

"I am insecure."

“我没有安全感“

And I'm insecure because I have to think about what I look like every day.

因为我必须每天都要担心

我看上去怎么样

如果你曾经也想过

And if you ever are wondering,

"If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair, will I be happier?"

如果我的大腿更瘦，头发更好，我会更开心吗？

you just need to meet a group of models,

你只要去看看模特就知道了

because they have the thinnest thighs, the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes,

因为她们有最瘦的大腿，最漂亮的头发，最酷的衣服

而她们却可能是世界上最没有身理安全感的女人

and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.

When I was writing this talk,

所以当我为这次演讲做准备时时，发现

I found it very difficult to strike an honest balance,

很难为诚实找到一个平衡点。因为一方面

because on the one hand,

如果我站在这儿，说

I felt very uncomfortable to come out here and say,

"Look I've received all these benefits from a deck stacked in my favor,"

”看，我凭着天生的优势得到了这么多东西，”心里会不舒服

可是如果这句话接着

and it also felt really uncomfortable to follow that up with,

“可是这些都不能让我开心”也很不自在

"and it doesn't always make me happy."

But mostly it was difficult to unpack a legacy of gender and racial oppression

但最难的是去展现

性别和种族歧视的职业传统

when I am one of the biggest beneficiaries.

因为我自己本身是最大的受益者

但同时我又很开心并受尊重的站在这里

But I'm also happy and honored to be up here

and I think that it's great that I got to come

趁着我还年轻，而不是已经工作了10，20或30年

before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed and I'd had more agency in my career,

和模特行业间有越来越多的阻隔（不能获得最直接的感觉）

because maybe then I wouldn't tell the story of how I got my first job,

因为可能到那时我就不会讲我怎样得到第一份工作

or maybe I wouldn't tell the story of how I paid for college,

怎样付大学学费

which seems so important right now.

这些现在看来是如此重要的东西

If there's a takeaway to this talk,

如果这次演讲能使你有所受益，我希望

I hope it's that we all feel more comfortable acknowledging

是我们都能欣然接受

the power of image in our perceived successes

图象的力量带来的我们所理解的成功

and our perceived failures.

和我们所理解的失败

Thank you.

谢谢（掌声）

(Applause)